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Countdown before voluntary exercise induces muscle vasodilation with baroreflex-mediated decrease in muscle sympathetic nerve activity in humans
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We examined whether a countdown (CD) before voluntary cycling exercise induced prospective vascular adjustment for the exercise and, if so, whether and how muscle sympathetic nerve activity (MSNA) was involved in the responses. Young men performed voluntary cycling in a semirecumbent position (n = 14) while middle cerebral artery blood flow velocity (V-MCA ; Doppler ultrasonography), heart rate (HR). arterial pressure (AP; finger photoplethysmography), oxygen consumption rate ((V) over doto(2)), oxygen saturation in the thigh muscle (St(o2) ; near-infrared spectrometry), cardiac output (CO; Modelflow method), and total peripheral resistance (TPR) were measured (experiment 1). Another group underwent the same exercise protocol but used only the right leg (n = 10) while MSNA (microneurography) was measured in the peroneal nerve of the left leg (experiment 2). All subjects performed eight trials with a >= 5-min rest between trials. In four trials randomly selected from the eight trials, exercise onset was signaled by a 30-s CD, whereas in the remaining four trials, exercise was started without CD. We found that CD first increased V-MCA, HR. CO, and mean AP, and then decreased TPR and increased St(o2) and (V) over doto(2)( )(experiment 1; all P < 0.021). Furthermore, the CD-induced increase in mean AP decreased total MSNA and burst frequency (experiment 2; both P < 0.048) through the baroreflex, with decreased TPR and increased St(o2) (experiment 2; both P < 0.001). The vasodilation and increased (V) over doto(2) continued after the start of exercise. Thus CD before starting exercise induced the muscle vasodilatory response with a concomitant reduction in MSNA through the baroreflex to accelerate aerobic energy production after the start of exercise. NEW & NOTEWORTHY Prospective cardiovascular adjustment occurs before starting voluntary exercise, increasing heart rate and arterial pressure followed by muscle vasodilation; however, the precise mechanisms and significance for this vasodilation remain unknown. We found that during the countdown before starting exercise cerebral blood flow velocity increased, followed by increases in heart rate and arterial pressure, which suppressed MSNA through barore-flex, resulting in thigh muscle vasodilation to increase oxygen consumption rate, which might make it easier to start exercise.
Keywords:
baroreflex
muscle blood flow
muscle sympathetic nerve activity
prospective cardiovascular adjustment
voluntary exercise
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